The Trinity-Atlas Claims is a lead and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 121 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 121 Feet (37 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.56556, -117.11750
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Trinity-Atlas Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Trinity-Atlas Claims
Secondary: Atlas Claims
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dewitt Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: Trinity Fault, Nw Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: EARLY 1880'S ORE AVERAGED $20/TON IN AU AND AG.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1/2 MILE EAST OF GALENA TOWNSITE
Comment (Production): OVER $100,000 WORTH AND MINED, IN LEAD, SILVER, WITH COPPER, GOLD, AND ZINC. EARLY 1880'S ORE RAN $20/TON IN AU AND AG.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, FAULT ZONE; LENSES & STRINGERS IN CENTRAL PORTION OF HANGING WALL OF CRUSHED ZONE.
Comment (Workings): ADIT ALONG TRINITY FAULT ZONE, CAVED IN 1954
Comment (Geology): "ORE OCCURS IN IRREGULAR LENSES AND STRINGER, 1-4 FEET WIDE NEAR THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE HANGING WALL OF THE CRUSHED ZONE." -HILL. CRUSHED ZONE CONTAINS ABUNDANT DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE."
Comment (Deposit): THESE CLAIMS FOLLOW THE SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF THE TRINITY VEIN WORKED AT THE ARMOUR-TRINITY MINE TO THE NORTH. ADIT FOLLOWED FAULT FOR 300 FEET BUT WAS CAVED IN 1954 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 594.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEV; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
